Social Media Club Philadelphia

Volunteers Needed!

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The Social Media Club Philadelphia Area is looking for help shaping the future of social media in Philadelphia. We have identified four roles that we needed support filling. These people form the leadership team of the Philadelphia group. If you'd be interested in helping one of them, please send an email to kristiewells [at] gmail [dot] com. And your input on these roles is welcome--as with all the Social Media Club Wiki pages, this one is editable too (Just sign up for a PBWiki account and feel free to add your comments or suggestions below).

Programming Director - Annie Heckenberger

Email: annie_heckenberger [at] yahoo [dot] com

At the heart of the Social Media Club is great interactive events. The Programming Director manages all aspects of the activity calendar for the Philadelphia club. This person is responsible for:

• Developing and managing the schedule of events, including regular (monthly) public meetings and planning meetings
• Identifying topics for upcoming events
• Coordinating with the Partnership Director to secure speakers and identify venues for each event
• Securing speaker bios
• Preparing the event program for each public event, including agenda, directions and other special instructions

  Hand off event program to Promotions Director for publicity and Production Director for planning and coordination of event

Promotions Director - Beth Harte

Email: beth [at] theharteofmarketing [dot] com

Promotion is key to the ultimate success of our organization--and the earlier the better! This person is reponsible for:

• Managing the Social Media Club Philadelphia web pages, including the blog, wiki, forums and email list
• Coordinating with Programming Director to secure program agenda for each event
• Promoting future events through all the above-named channels
• Publicizing future events through online and traditional channels
• Writing and sending around recaps of each public meeting
• Recording, publishing and sharing audio and video from events

Partnership Director - TBD

Our activities wouldn't be possible without partners. We partner with other businesses and organizations to find topics, speakers and venues for future activities. The Partnership Director manages the relationships with the national Social Media Club parent organization, other important social media organizations (both national and local), as well as with local businesses and organizations interested in sponsoring or hosting upcoming activities. This person is responsible for:

• Managing relationships with SNCR and other national and local social media-related organizations
• Build and maintain relationships with, and identify co-sponsorship opportunities with, local marketing and technology organizations
• Identifying and managing the relationships with past and future event sponsors, co-sponsors and venues
• Coordinating with the Programming Director to find appropriate time slots, topics and venues for partner-sponsored events
• Coordinating with the Production Director to identify speaker and sponsor needs for each event

Production Director - Cecily Kellogg

Email: cecily [at] cecilkellogg [dot] com

This person is responsible for all aspects of event execution, including:

• Assuming responsibility for event program from Programming Director
• Scheduling and managing planning meetings with event sponsors and speakers
• Managing on-site signage, video, audio and lighting
• Coordinating food and drink with event sponsors and/or venue
• Staffing and managing event registration
• Managing development and collection of feedback forms
• Managing giveaways and all-other on-site activities

Membership Director - Gloria Bell

Email: GloriaKBell [at] gmail [dot] com

The membership director is responsible for three important roles:

• Managing the master membership list of the Philadelphia Social Media Club
• Promoting local membership in the national Social Media Club organization
• Managing the relationship with the national Social Media Club organization

Directors-At-Large

Marilyn Moran

Queen of all things Internet Marketing and Internal Communications

Email: phillymarketing [at] gmail [dot]com

• SMC Philly wiki

• SMC Philly Facebook Group

• Google Group

• Content creation and marketing

• Other tasks as needed

As the group develops, other roles may be identified. Your suggestions are welcome. Thank you!

Digital Scribe

This person is responsible for recording, blogging and tweeting meetups.

Again, if you'd like to volunteer for these or other roles with the Philadelphia group, please email kristiewells [at] gmail [dot] com. Thanks!